Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

The ticket receipts OF the Northern Pa
cific Office for July amount to So, 993.
The Board of Trustees for the Library
Association will meet at 8 o'clock THU
evening.
Boulder will soon have railroad facilities,
the end of the track being now out three
miles from Jefferson's capital.
Mantle & Warren have some handsome
specimens of Alaska mineral on exhibition
at their Office on West Broadway.
The County Commissioners were not in
session yesterday. NO one appearing but
Mr.. Hall, Mr.. Schmidt beng unwell and MIR.
Young out of town.
Invitations to the Guild entertainment
on Wednesday are with a heavy mourning
border, owing to the death of one OF it's
brightest ornaments. whose absence the
members feel at this time more keenIy thar
ever.
The steam pipes within 200 feet of the
steam pipe in the shaft of the Lexington
are being covered with no~n-conducting ma
terial prepared by Pete Brennan, who has
done similar work for all the mixes in
Butte.
The chain and charm attached to the
watch presented to Wm. L. Shovel on Sat-
urdav evening by the Alice employees was
the git of Messrs. Leyson & Turck, and is
a handsome addition to the gift OF his
friends.
The Probate Court issued letters of ad-
min%istration to Jane Norris yesterday on
the estate of her husband, Henry G.. Nor
ris, who died from the effects of an accident
on the U. & N. The railroad company
made an allowance of $500 to Mrs. Norris.
TIE MINER received a special from B.. j.
Fine, st. Louis, yesterday, confirming the
statements in the telegram from E. j. Car.
ter, published yesterday, explaining the ad.
dition of the words General Manager Ana
conda'' to Major Werlitz's signature in the
Major Budd mine prospectus.
Messrs. Topper & Ogden, the new lessees
OF the electric light works, took hold yes
terday. Mr.. Upper arrived from Helena
and assumed charge, and Mr.. Ogden is ex-
pected to arrive in a few days. Both are
practical electricians of long experience and
will spare no pains to make the service the
best possible.
President Talbot, of the Silver Bow
Company. says bis purchase of wood from
tho Deer Lodge Company will just fill his
yard, as they keep a reserve supply of 45,
900 or $4,000 cords on hand at all times,
in order to guard against delay occasioned
by failure OF contractors to deliver their
orders. The furnaces consume about
three cords daily.
A fire at Rocker yesterday morning de-
stroyed Mcmillan & Cluett's boarding
house, which started ~unaccountably in the
sitting room. The flames were noticed in
time for the occupants to escape, who
saved most OF their effects. The loss on
building and contents is about $4,000,
upon which there is insurance to the
amount of 81, $50.
A party OF Irish gentlemen called at The
MINER Office last night after Daniel Sully's
performance and requested The MINER to
commend Mr.. Sully:s performance to the
public as a dignified and worthy presenta-
ton of Irish character. They added that
they found 10 him an actor who truthfully
presents the best side Of Irish character
and think he should be literally p%atronized.
Charles s.. Warren ct al, as trustee for
several parties. transferred to the Montana
Railway Company right OF way over the
Autocrat, Banker, Poulin, Ridgley. Black
loot, Alexander, L. E. R., Clark, Humbolt,
Little Nina, Parnell, Combination, Noun
tain View, Paramount, Buffalo, Gambler,
Wake up Jim, Alex. Scott lode mining
claims, for a consideration OF ~$2O,291.1S.
The instruments we're filed for record yes
terday.